From The K-B-L-G News Center...

THE 67-YEAR-OLD MAN SUSPECTED OF FATALLY SHOOTING HIS NEIGHBOR NEAR ROUNDUP WAS ARRAIGNED YESTERDAY IN MUSSELSHELL DISTRICT COURT IN ROUNDUP. 

ROBERT COOKSEY APPEARED VIA VIDEO FROM THE YELLOWSTONE COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY.  HE PLED NOT GUILTY TO A CHARGE OF DELIBERATE HOMICIDE IN THE KILLING OF 49-YEAR-OLD TRACY BEARDSLEE ON JULY SEVENTH. 

THE TWO MEN APPARENTLY HAD A LONG-RUNNING DISPUTE, BUT THERE WAS NO CONFRONTATION AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING.  BEARDSLEE WAS TRIMMING SOME HEDGES WHEN COOKSEY ALLEGEDLY SHOT HIM WITH A HIGH-POWERED RIFLE. 

COOKSEY'S BAIL WAS CONTINUED AT HALF-A-MILLION DOLLARS.  A TRIAL DATE WILL BE SET LATER.